Howard vs South Carolina State Volleyball: Howard Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Howard 92.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Howard won at South Carolina St. 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-13) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. Howard's Corinne Howard led with 11 kills, and Camryn Shelton added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOWARD	25	25	25	3
SC ST	21	20	13	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.556 and 11 kills for Corinne Howard as Howard rolled past South Carolina St.

The biggest single-rally swing was 2.4 points, and South Carolina St.'s high was 14% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave Howard 93% before first serve.

HowardSouth Carolina St.

Break %+19.3 pts
47.928.6
Points won on own serve: 35 of 73 vs 16 of 56. South Carolina St. sided out 52.1% of the time.
Hitting+.209
.278.069
Kills and errors: 44–17 vs 26–20.

South Carolina St. above 50Howard belowMax swing 2.4%

HowardSouth Carolina St.

Aces: Howard 7·South Carolina St. 1
Serve err: Howard 8·South Carolina St. 4
Blocks: Howard 9·South Carolina St. 87 BS · 4 BA vs 5 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Howard 37·South Carolina St. 31

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

South Carolina St. above 50 · Howard below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to South Carolina St. — set 1, HOWARD 17-19 SC ST. Ace by Jordan Dalland on Gabby Allen. SC ST win probability 11% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOWARD 93.3%6.7% SC ST

Howard wins

3-0

51.1%

3-1

30.7%

3-2

11.5%

South Carolina St. wins

3-0

0.8%

3-1

1.9%

3-2

3.9%

HOWARD break %: 49.3% vs this opp
SC ST break %: 37.8% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Jordan DallandAce+2.4%
Ace by Jordan Dalland on Gabby Allen
Set 1 · HOWARD 17-19 SC ST · SC ST 11% → 14%
02
Jessika MartinezAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Jessika Martinez
Set 1 · HOWARD 23-21 SC ST · HOWARD 92% → 95%
03
Arianna JamesAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Arianna James
Set 1 · HOWARD 19-19 SC ST · HOWARD 88% → 90%
04
Camryn SheltonBad set+2.1%
Bad set by Camryn Shelton
Set 1 · HOWARD 15-17 SC ST · SC ST 11% → 13%
05
Haarachi UmenwaliriBlock+2.1%
Jessika Martinez stuffed by Haarachi Umenwaliri
Set 1 · HOWARD 20-19 SC ST · HOWARD 90% → 92%
06
Alexys JamesKill+2.0%
Kill by Alexys James (set by Sydnei Jones)
Set 1 · HOWARD 22-21 SC ST · HOWARD 90% → 92%
07
Jessika MartinezKill+1.9%
Kill by Jessika Martinez (set by Macey McCoy)
Set 1 · HOWARD 21-21 SC ST · SC ST 8% → 10%
08
Haarachi UmenwaliriKill+1.8%
Kill by Haarachi Umenwaliri (set by Alexys James)
Set 1 · HOWARD 17-17 SC ST · HOWARD 89% → 91%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Howardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Zenai JethroeMB	3	8	4	16	.250	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4.5	12.5
21Addison BucknerOH	3	10	2	20	.400	0	1	1	7	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
5Alexys JamesS	3	6	2	14	.286	26	2	2	7	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
0Haarachi UmenwaliriMB	3	5	3	10	.200	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	7
19Briana PaganOH	3	3	3	13	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	4
6Sydnei JonesS	3	0	1	3	-.333	11	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
22Corinne HowardOH	3	11	1	18	.556	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	2	3	14	0	0	0	0	2
11Lauryn WileyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
20Gabby AllenL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
17Tiana StubbsMB	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
2Estrella VazquezS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
33Kennedi WrightOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	17	97	.278	40	7	8	37	1	7	4	9	75

South Carolina St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4De'Oni McPhearsonMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	9
16Jessika MartinezOH	3	7	4	23	.130	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
15Jade RobinsonMB	3	2	1	9	.111	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
2Kenna HarrisOH	3	2	5	12	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14Jordan DallandL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	2
19Arianna JamesS	3	1	1	6	.000	10	0	0	7	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
17Carra Pierre-LouisOH	3	5	5	15	.000	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	6
7Taelyn GrahamMB	3	3	2	6	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
6Macey McCoyS	3	0	1	4	-.250	11	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
20Chloe NealL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
1Ki'ra WrightL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0
18Autumn CulbreathS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	20	87	.069	23	1	4	31	7	5	6	8	54

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Howard vs South Carolina St.

Season series · Howard leads 2-0

Sun, Oct 11, 2026South Carolina St. at Howard · Howard won 3-1Result →
Sun, Nov 8, 2026Howard at South Carolina St. · Howard won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 HOWARD · SC ST 4

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 4 HOWARDSC ST 4

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 3 HOWARDSC ST 2

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 4 HOWARDSC ST 2

Bars above the line = South Carolina St. leads, below = Howard leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Howard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%8/8	33%3/9
2	64%7/11	63%12/19
3	70%7/10	22%2/9
4	64%7/11	50%7/14
5	60%6/10	54%7/13
6	83%5/6	44%4/9
All	71%40/56	48%35/73

South Carolina St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	0%0/7
2	54%7/13	36%4/11
3	50%7/14	22%2/9
4	64%7/11	30%3/10
5	42%5/12	42%5/12
6	83%5/6	29%2/7
All	52%38/73	29%16/56

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

129 rallies

#	HOWARD-SC ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.6
2	1-1	HOWARD	SC ST×4	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Arianna James	+0.6
3	1-2	SC ST	SC ST×4	Blocked	Sydnei Jones	blk Jade Robinson	+1.0
4	1-3	SC ST	SC ST×4	Attack err	Alexys James		+1.1
5	1-4	SC ST	SC ST×4	Attack err	Briana Pagan		+1.2
6	2-4	SC ST	HOWARD	Serve err	South Carolina St.		+0.8
7	2-5	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Arianna James	+1.0
8	2-6	SC ST	SC ST	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk De'Oni McPhearson	+1.3
9	3-6	SC ST	HOWARD×4	Serve err	South Carolina St.		+0.9
10	4-6	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis		+1.1
11	5-6	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Kenna Harris		+1.1
12	6-6	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+1.0
13	6-7	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James	+0.9
14	6-8	SC ST	SC ST	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk De'Oni McPhearson	+1.3
15	7-8	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Gabby Allen	+0.9
16	8-8	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Taelyn Graham		+1.1
17	8-9	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Camryn Shelton		+1.0
18	8-10	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Jordan Dalland	+1.4
19	9-10	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+1.0
20	10-10	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	+1.2
21	10-11	HOWARD	SC ST	Attack err	Haarachi Umenwaliri		+1.1
22	11-11	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+1.0
23	12-11	HOWARD	HOWARD	Ace	Howard	aced Jordan Dalland	+1.2
24	12-12	HOWARD	SC ST	Attack err	Briana Pagan		+1.0
25	13-12	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.9
26	13-13	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Arianna James	+1.1
27	14-13	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+1.0
28	14-14	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jade Robinson	set Arianna James	+1.1
29	14-15	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Briana Pagan		+1.7
30	15-15	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Briana Pagan	set Alexys James	+1.2
31	15-16	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James	+1.4
32	15-17	SC ST	SC ST	Bad set	Camryn Shelton		+2.1
33	16-17	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+1.4
34	17-17	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Alexys James	+1.8
35	17-18	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Macey McCoy	+1.7
36	17-19	SC ST	SC ST	Ace	Jordan Dalland	aced Gabby Allen	+2.4
37	18-19	SC ST	HOWARD×3	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+1.5
38	19-19	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Arianna James		+2.1
39	20-19	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Blocked	Jessika Martinez	blk Haarachi Umenwaliri	+2.1
40	20-20	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Macey McCoy	+1.7
41	21-20	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Macey McCoy	+1.7
42	21-21	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Macey McCoy	+1.9
43	22-21	SC ST	HOWARD×4	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+2.0
44	23-21	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Jessika Martinez		+2.2
45	24-21	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Blocked	Jessika Martinez	blk Zenai Jethroe	+1.4
46	25-21	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Macey McCoy		+0.5
Set 2
1	0-1	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Camryn Shelton		+0.5
2	1-1	SC ST	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.4
3	2-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	De'Oni McPhearson		+0.5
4	3-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Howard	aced Ki'ra Wright	+0.5
5	3-2	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Alexys James		+0.4
6	4-2	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.4
7	4-3	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Lauryn Wiley		+0.4
8	4-4	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Macey McCoy	+0.6
9	5-4	SC ST	HOWARD	Serve err	South Carolina St.		+0.4
10	5-5	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Taelyn Graham	set Macey McCoy	+0.5
11	5-6	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Chloe Neal	+0.7
12	6-6	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Alexys James	+0.5
13	7-6	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.6
14	7-7	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Macey McCoy	+0.5
15	8-7	SC ST	HOWARD	Blocked	Kenna Harris	blk Haarachi Umenwaliri	+0.5
16	8-8	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Addison Buckner		+0.6
17	9-8	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.5
18	9-9	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Camryn Shelton		+0.6
19	10-9	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.5
20	11-9	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Kenna Harris	blk Zenai Jethroe	+0.6
21	11-10	HOWARD	SC ST	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk De'Oni McPhearson, Jessika Martinez	+0.5
22	12-10	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.5
23	12-11	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Taelyn Graham	set Macey McCoy	+0.5
24	13-11	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.5
25	13-12	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Taelyn Graham	set Macey McCoy	+0.5
26	13-13	SC ST	SC ST	Blocked	Haarachi Umenwaliri	blk Taelyn Graham, Jade Robinson	+0.9
27	14-13	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.6
28	15-13	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James		+0.7
29	15-14	HOWARD	SC ST	Blocked	Alexys James	blk Carra Pierre-Louis	+0.6
30	15-15	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Jade Robinson		+1.0
31	16-15	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.7
32	16-16	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James	+0.8
33	17-16	SC ST	HOWARD×3	Serve err	South Carolina St.		+0.8
34	18-16	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Blocked	Jessika Martinez	blk Zenai Jethroe	+0.9
35	19-16	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Howard	aced Arianna James	+0.7
36	19-17	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Arianna James	+0.5
37	20-17	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.6
38	21-17	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.5
39	21-18	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Arianna James	set Macey McCoy	+0.3
40	22-18	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Briana Pagan	set Alexys James	+0.4
41	22-19	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Macey McCoy	+0.3
42	23-19	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.4
43	23-20	HOWARD	SC ST	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Arianna James, De'Oni McPhearson	+0.2
44	24-20	SC ST	HOWARD	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis		+0.3
45	25-20	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	SC ST	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Jade Robinson		+0.2
2	2-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis		+0.2
3	3-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis		+0.2
4	3-1	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Estrella Vazquez		+0.1
5	4-1	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Briana Pagan	set Sydnei Jones	+0.1
6	4-2	HOWARD	SC ST	Attack err	Corinne Howard		+0.1
7	5-2	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.1
8	6-2	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Kenna Harris	blk Zenai Jethroe	+0.2
9	6-3	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Arianna James	+0.1
10	7-3	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.1
11	7-4	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Macey McCoy	+0.1
12	8-4	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Alexys James	+0.1
13	8-5	HOWARD	SC ST	Blocked	Tiana Stubbs	blk De'Oni McPhearson	+0.1
14	8-6	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+0.2
15	9-6	SC ST	HOWARD	Blocked	Taelyn Graham	blk Tiana Stubbs, Addison Buckner	+0.2
16	9-7	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jordan Dalland		+0.2
17	10-7	SC ST	HOWARD×4	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.2
18	11-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Alexys James, Zenai Jethroe	+0.2
19	12-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Ki'ra Wright	+0.1
20	13-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Arianna James	+0.1
21	13-8	HOWARD	SC ST	Bad set	Sydnei Jones		+0.1
22	13-9	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		+0.1
23	14-9	SC ST	HOWARD×3	Blocked	Kenna Harris	blk Briana Pagan	+0.1
24	15-9	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.1
25	16-9	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Howard	aced Chloe Neal	+0.1
26	16-10	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Alexys James		·
27	17-10	SC ST	HOWARD×4	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	·
28	18-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	·
29	19-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Chloe Neal	·
30	20-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	·
31	20-11	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Arianna James	·
32	21-11	SC ST	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	·
33	22-11	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Howard	aced Autumn Culbreath	·
34	23-11	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	·
35	23-12	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Alexys James	·
36	23-13	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Haarachi Umenwaliri		·
37	24-13	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	·
38	25-13	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	·

Score shown after each rally, Howard first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Howard def. South Carolina St. 3–0

.556 and 11 kills for Corinne Howard as Howard rolled past South Carolina St.